With heavy rains pounding the roads, flash flooding became an issue in most areas. Two lanes are blocked due to standing water and a downed tree on 295 North between the 11th Street Bridge and Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue.

Caught this on small frontage road off Middlebrook near Fox Chapel shopping Ctr in Germantown. Crews just arriving. http://t.co/wJVRgSaKSH

Trees and power lines came crashing down across major roads and highways, causing several closures across the area.

Southbound lanes of the George Washington Parkway was closed for several hours between Key Bridge and Route 123 around 5 p.m. due to downed trees. C Street East between Massachusetts Avenue and 19th Street is blocked due to fallen tree.

The left lane is blocked on the Inner Loop of I-695 Inner at Exit 15 due to a sinkhole repair and investigation of roadway.

Klingel Street at Foxhall Road, Northwest was also closed for several hours due to a downed tree and power line.

Downed tree and power line on Klingel Street at Foxhall Road, Northwest, which was closed as a result. (Photo: Mark Segraves/All-News 99.1)

There were downed wires on Route 198 at Santini Road causing the road to close for several hours, reopening around 11 p.m. Northbound and southbound lanes on Georgia Avenue were closed to through traffic between Veirs Mill Road and University Boulevard due to downed wires, but reopened around 9:20 p.m.